barbarian's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Events and loss of control indexing

  On an event, the sender is associated with the control that initiated the event. Through DirectCast I can retrieve information about that control and store the information into an array or several arrays. At the same time, I need to change the state of a different type of control. These two controls are located next to each other on the same form. I know my position within the array by DirectCasting the Object sender. How do I change the ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How to share sourcecode between winformcomponents and compactframework components

  How do i share sourcecode between the design of winform components and compactframework components i design. I design custom controls for both winforms and compact framework applications eg. a serialport and picturebox decendant. The components i design are really simple descendants of components available in both 'frameworks' . Now I put the controls sourcecode in separate libraries (winform / cf.net libraries = duplicate code for the sam ...Show All

• Windows Forms What is the AddNew method of BindingContext???

  I need to try this question again: Does anyone know what the AddNew method of BindingContext Class is   It is not documented in the Class Members. Here is the code that generated this question.  This code is found on a form displaying one  ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Getting list of builds using Object Model

  Can anyone tell me if it is possible, and if so how, to get a list of builds for a project using the object model. I've had a look through the documentation and can't find anything obvious. Thanks, Michael Hi Michael, You need to use the GetListOfBuilds() method on the BuildStore object, as follows: BuildStore store = ( BuildStore ) TeamFoundationServerFactory .GetServer(serverUrl).GetService( typeof ( ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums I am not able to sign in on MSN messenger Please help anyone!

    Recently i have been having porbelms with signing in on MSN, i think it is due to me agreeing to download the latest MSN. From this moment i am not able to sign in. I clicked on troubleshoot (80048883) and it showed 'Your gateway appears to be offline' which i dont know what it means. Then i went on on the Tools menu, click Options , and then click Connection, to check my connection and it showed 'You are currently NOT connected t ...Show All

• SQL Server Installing SSRS 2005 while using SQL 2000 for metadata

  Does anyone have any install notes for installing SSRS 2005 and utilizing a SQL 2000 DB for metadata storage I am tring to seperate the Metadata and RS in hopes of load balancing RS boxes. At the same time I would like to save on the license by reusing one of my SQL 2000 licenses. thanks, CQ ...Show All

• .NET Development 'Root element is missing' on XMLDataDocument.Load

  I'm trying to append a dataset's xml to an existing xml file that was created from the first encounter with the dataset. The application is an online scholarship application form. It needs to collect student data into a single file for downloading at the end of the day. I've been beating my head against this simple problem for several days now and am out of ideas. _ds as DataSet comes from the web form. Here is the extremely simpl ...Show All

• Windows Forms Disable input to controls on a form without disabling?

  Is there a way I prevent user input (mouse and key events) for a control (or all controls on a panel) without disabling it I have a smart client application where accesses to the server are done on background threads. To prevent new interaction with the controls until the running access is done, I want to prevent new events. When disabling the panel all controls "blink" in a rather anoying way (when they are greyed out and then enabled). Instead ...Show All

• Windows Forms Instant messenger

  Hello everyone  I was wondering if it was possible to create a MSN-type instant messenger with .NET  and if it is, what tools would I need to create one along side .NET  Are there any resources out there on this topic that gives step  ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums Microsoft Document Image Printer - MODI Registry Settings

  Does anyone know what are all the available registry settings for MODI Through much searching in google (msn search finds nothing) I've found the following the following ' Write to File Only (uses current save folder and Note####.mdi as file name) SetKeyValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\MODI\MDI Writer", "PrivateFlags", 1, REG_DWORD ' Don't Show Popup Window SetKeyValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "Softwar ...Show All

• Visual C# Delegate method problem - please help!

  Hi folks, i'm haven't aweful trouble with some event/delegate code. I'm trying to re-use a delegate handler. i have a windows form that has an rich text box. now i have a set of classes which all derive from a custom base object 'myObject'. myObject has an event called 'Log' which, if wired up, fires passing some text as the event args data. All works fine. Now, i was hoping to wire up the log event on my main class instance and ...Show All

• SQL Server baffled. How to purge old backups with maint plan

  I'm missing something basic... Trying to create a new job from sql server 2005 Management Studio. The nifty wizard under Management provides options to create backups, and clean history, but I cant seem to find out how to create a job to purge old backups. Looking at the commnand line Sql Server Agent Job shows: /SQL "\Maintenance Plans\Full Backups" /SERVER "JFSLIB-DEV" /MAXCONCURRENT " -1 " /CHECKPOINTING ...Show All

• Windows Forms Hiding UserControl.

  In the main form, there is a button and a usercontrol.  usercontrol.visible=false    When the button is clicked, usercontrol appears. That is, usercontrol.visible=true  Everything is O.K. till now.    When the user clicks outside the usercontrol, that is a pl ...Show All

• Visual Basic XML

  My friend has a program that reads an xml plugin, and then displays it, the xml tells it the button height etc, I really need this for something im making, i understand hat ad_handlers are used, but im at a loss for where 2 start, any helpful replies would be appreciated  Hi, First, design your XML File and save in you bin folder, this is a sample: < xml version ="1.0" standalone ="yes" > < NewDataSet > < T ...Show All

• SQL Server will SQL and windows authetication applied during setup has other implications?

  I choose SQL and windows authetication during SQL Express 2005 install. Will this has any impact on the connection string in my Visual Studio 2005 environment The setup during installation only predefines what you *can* use. If you chosse mixed authentication, like you stated above, this should be no problem, you can use WIndows authentication which would be (...)Integrated Authentication=true(...) or SQL Serv ...Show All